Population in Greece compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	South Africa	Greece	South Africa
1960	8,331,725	16,440,172	-	-
1961	8,398,050	16,908,035	0.8%	2.85%
1962	8,448,233	17,418,522	0.6%	3.02%
1963	8,479,625	17,954,564	0.37%	3.08%
1964	8,510,429	18,511,361	0.36%	3.1%
1965	8,550,333	19,089,380	0.47%	3.12%
1966	8,613,651	19,690,087	0.74%	3.15%
1967	8,684,088	20,314,066	0.82%	3.17%
1968	8,740,765	20,957,287	0.65%	3.17%
1969	8,772,764	21,614,676	0.37%	3.14%
1970	8,792,806	22,279,984	0.23%	3.08%
1971	8,831,036	22,942,143	0.43%	2.97%
1972	8,888,628	23,609,456	0.65%	2.91%
1973	8,929,086	24,294,263	0.46%	2.9%
1974	8,962,022	24,989,108	0.37%	2.86%
1975	9,046,541	25,690,940	0.94%	2.81%
1976	9,188,150	26,395,450	1.57%	2.74%
1977	9,308,479	27,118,952	1.31%	2.74%
1978	9,429,959	27,869,507	1.31%	2.77%
1979	9,548,258	28,634,162	1.25%	2.74%
1980	9,642,505	29,518,857	0.99%	3.09%
1981	9,729,350	30,541,044	0.9%	3.46%
1982	9,789,513	31,615,339	0.62%	3.52%
1983	9,846,627	32,739,304	0.58%	3.56%
1984	9,895,801	33,892,788	0.5%	3.52%
1985	9,934,300	35,042,093	0.39%	3.39%
1986	9,967,213	36,180,515	0.33%	3.25%
1987	10,000,595	37,326,190	0.33%	3.17%
1988	10,036,983	38,480,649	0.36%	3.09%
1989	10,089,498	39,628,575	0.52%	2.98%
1990	10,196,792	40,746,268	1.06%	2.82%
1991	10,319,927	41,687,898	1.21%	2.31%
1992	10,399,061	42,443,509	0.77%	1.81%
1993	10,460,415	43,297,156	0.59%	2.01%
1994	10,512,922	44,004,139	0.5%	1.63%
1995	10,562,153	44,541,554	0.47%	1.22%
1996	10,608,800	45,123,018	0.44%	1.31%
1997	10,661,259	45,666,838	0.49%	1.21%
1998	10,720,509	46,223,880	0.56%	1.22%
1999	10,761,698	46,730,335	0.38%	1.1%
2000	10,805,808	47,159,719	0.41%	0.92%
2001	10,862,132	47,566,800	0.52%	0.86%
2002	10,902,022	48,019,415	0.37%	0.95%
2003	10,928,070	48,500,348	0.24%	1%
2004	10,955,141	48,991,421	0.25%	1.01%
2005	10,987,314	49,490,033	0.29%	1.02%
2006	11,020,362	49,998,277	0.3%	1.03%
2007	11,048,473	50,528,584	0.26%	1.06%
2008	11,077,841	51,114,599	0.27%	1.16%
2009	11,107,017	51,728,516	0.26%	1.2%
2010	11,121,341	52,344,051	0.13%	1.19%
2011	11,104,899	52,995,205	-0.15%	1.24%
2012	11,045,011	53,782,567	-0.54%	1.49%
2013	10,965,211	54,678,791	-0.72%	1.67%
2014	10,892,413	55,594,838	-0.66%	1.68%
2015	10,820,883	56,723,537	-0.66%	2.03%
2016	10,775,971	57,259,551	-0.42%	0.94%
2017	10,754,679	57,635,162	-0.2%	0.66%
2018	10,732,882	58,613,001	-0.2%	1.7%
2019	10,721,582	59,587,885	-0.11%	1.66%
2020	10,698,599	60,562,381	-0.21%	1.64%
2021	10,569,207	61,502,603	-1.21%	1.55%
2022	10,436,882	62,378,410	-1.25%	1.42%
2023	10,407,351	63,212,384	-0.28%	1.34%
2024	10,405,134	64,007,187	-0.02%	1.26%
2025	10,292,291	64,747,317	-1.08%	1.16%
2026	10,249,082	65,453,086	-0.42%	1.09%
2027	10,204,400	66,143,018	-0.44%	1.05%
2028	10,159,146	66,830,384	-0.44%	1.04%
2029	10,113,475	67,506,850	-0.45%	1.01%
2030	10,067,720	68,161,357	-0.45%	0.97%
2031	10,021,773	68,798,574	-0.46%	0.93%
2032	9,974,701	69,426,441	-0.47%	0.91%
2033	9,927,344	70,040,484	-0.47%	0.88%
2034	9,880,848	70,641,572	-0.47%	0.86%
2035	9,834,216	71,234,749	-0.47%	0.84%
2036	9,787,786	71,816,372	-0.47%	0.82%
2037	9,741,790	72,387,807	-0.47%	0.8%
2038	9,695,855	72,949,611	-0.47%	0.78%
2039	9,650,459	73,496,152	-0.47%	0.75%
2040	9,605,475	74,035,615	-0.47%	0.73%
2041	9,560,641	74,575,444	-0.47%	0.73%
2042	9,516,502	75,111,899	-0.46%	0.72%
2043	9,472,263	75,641,512	-0.46%	0.71%
2044	9,426,737	76,164,461	-0.48%	0.69%
2045	9,380,458	76,681,448	-0.49%	0.68%
2046	9,333,671	77,199,542	-0.5%	0.68%
2047	9,284,541	77,716,650	-0.53%	0.67%
2048	9,233,189	78,215,323	-0.55%	0.64%
2049	9,180,074	78,699,584	-0.58%	0.62%
2050	9,125,443	79,177,329	-0.6%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.